zillennial

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/zɪˈlɛni.əl/

noun

A person born on the cusp of, or during the latter years of Generation Y/Millennials and early years of Generation Z.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

zillennial1

nounzillennial (plural zillennials)

plural zillennials

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Zillennial.

    Along the blurry edge at the cusp of the two generations, between Gen Y and Z, is where zillennials live. […] Among the celebrities she considers part of her zillennial cohort are Zendaya and American singer-songwriter Sabrina Carpenter.

    2023 May 10, Terry Ward, “Zillennials: The newest micro-generation has a name”, in CNN
    1 more example

    […] indeed, left-wing illiberalism feeds itself from millennials’ (born between 1982 and 1996) and now zillennials’ (born after 1996) frustration with a system that puts their aspirations behind those of the more numerous baby boomers.

    2022, Thibault Muzergues, “Division bells”, in War in Europe?: From Impossible War to Improbable Peace, Abingdon: Routledge, →ISBN, page 139

Zillennial2

nounZillennial (plural Zillennials)

plural Zillennials · alternative zillennial

  1. A person born on the cusp of, or during the latter years of Generation Y/Millennials and early years of Generation Z.

    These and other differences raise larger questions: How did Zillennials come to be this way? At what point did their tactics diverge?

    2019, Robby Soave, Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump
    1 more example

    Such widespread inequality calls for an urgent requirement for leaders to change, especially because the new workforce – Millennials and Zillennials – are demanding such change, in their droves.

    2019, Leila McKenzie Delis, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging, page 23
adjectiveZillennial (not comparable)

alternative zillennial

  1. not comparableOf or relating to Zillennials.

    The Duck Dynasty star turned faith influencer has given zillennial Christianity a seductive rebrand. Should you listen?

    2022 November 8, Allison Theresa, “Sadie Robertson Huff Preaches Submissive Womanhood. Her Message Is Uncomfortably Compelling.”, in Cosmopolitan

Origin

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APA

zillennial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zillennial

MLA

“zillennial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zillennial. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zillennial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zillennial.

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